Top Chef, Season 18 cast, spoilers, episodes and reviews

Top Chef, Season 18 release date, synopsis and reviews

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Top Chef, Season 18 Release Date and Synopsis

The Emmy and James Beard Award-winning culinary competition series returns for a new season in Portland, Oregon, with host Padma Lakshmi, head judge Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. For the first time ever, they will be joined by a rotating judging and dining panel of "Top Chef" all-star winners, finalists and favorites, including Richard Blais, Carrie Baird, Nina Compton, Tiffany Derry, Gregory Gourdet, Melissa King, Kristen Kish, Edward Lee, Kwame Onwuachi, Amar Santana, Dale Talde and Brooke Williamson. Season 18 also features appearances by José Andrés, Massimo Bottura, Gabriel Rucker and Alice Waters, plus "Portlandia" stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.

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S18 ep 8Cut off at the end?!?!?! i had to get the spoiler of who went home on youtube!!! UGH!!!!.Score: 1/5

So closeI was this close to buying the season pass. I’m glad I read all of the reviews before I made my decision. Thanks to those who took the time to write a review. I’ll use my money on a show that does not have cut off segments..Score: 1/5

Episode 8 Cuts OffThe eighth episode cuts off before we find out who has to go in Restaurant Wars. Please fix this!.Score: 1/5

Episode 8 is not a ful episodeThe episode cuts off minutes early..Score: 1/5

Last Chance KitchenGive us LCK!!!.Score: 5/5

No ending?Why is Top Chef stopping before the end of an episode? I don’t mind paying to watch a show I enjoy, but the glitches are hard to *swallow*.Score: 2/5

Episode 8 is incompleteThe last segment where they announce who goes home is missing. Please upload the full episode..Score: 2/5

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Restaurant Wars cut!Wow, thought it ended on a cliff hanger, but really was missing the last ten minutes! Purchased the entire season, I should get the entire season. Very disappointed..Score: 3/5

Missing 10 minutesAnyone else missing the end to Resturant Wars 5/20/21?.Score: 3/5

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Top Chef, Season 18 (2021) Series Cast & Crew

Top Chef, Season 18 (2021) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Top Chef: The characters of season 18. Tom Colicchio (Himself - Head Judge), Padma Lakshmi (Herself - Host), Gail Simmons (Herself - Judge), Shota Nakajima (Himself - Contestant), all returned for top chef, season 18.

Gail Simmons (Herself - Judge)
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Shota Nakajima (Himself - Contestant)
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Padma Lakshmi (Herself - Host)
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Tom Colicchio (Himself - Head Judge)
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Top Chef (Season 18) Full Episodes

Season 18 mixes the standard location-inspired challenges — like a nod to the Oregon Trail — with acknowledgments of the current state of the world, with cheftestants making meals for hundreds of frontline workers.

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1First Impressions (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

First Impressions

01 April 2021$2.99

"Top Chef" is back with 15 of the country's best chefs ready to compete in Portland, Oregon.  For their first Quickfire Challenge, the cheftestants are immediately thrown into teams and tasked with combining their favorite ingredients together in one cohesive dish for Padma and Portland local Gregory Gourdet.  For their Elimination Challenge, the chefs will try not to "quack" under pressure as they're asked to create a dish featuring one of Portland's iconic local birds.  Their dishes will be served in a blind tasting for the judges and the new dining panel of "Top Chef" all-star winners, finalists and favorites.  Season 17 winner Melissa King joins Padma, Tom and Gail at the judges' table to help decide who will be the first chef to pack their knives and go.

2Trouble Brewing (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Trouble Brewing

08 April 2021$2.99

The Chefs are in for a rude awakening when they enter the kitchen to find Padma and seven hungry all-star chefs - Amar Santana, Melissa King, Kwame Onwuachi, Dale Talde, Gregory Gourdet, Carrie Baird and Richard Blais.  In this Quickfire the chefs will have just 30 minutes to serve eight plates of breakfast.

3Pan African Portland (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Pan African Portland

15 April 2021$2.99

The pressure is laid on the chefs in the Quickfire Challenge as they are tasked to make a layered dessert.  Carrie Baird joins Padma to pick the winner, who will get their dish turned into a Talenti gelato to be sold nationwide.

4Thrown for a Loop (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Thrown for a Loop

22 April 2021$2.99

For the Quickfire Challenge, the chefs must create a dish featuring Campbell's Soup for Padma and guest judge Dale Talde.

5Meet You At the Drive-In (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Meet You At the Drive-In

29 April 2021$2.99

Amar Santana joins Padma for this week's Quickfire Challenge honoring Mother's Day and one of Portland's nicknames "City of Roses."  The chefs are tasked to create a dish featuring roses or rose products inspired by the mother figure in their lives.

6Stumptown U.S.A. (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Stumptown U.S.A.

06 May 2021$2.99

The chefs are transported into a magical kitchen forest with their prep tables gone and replaced by stumps for this week's Quickfire Challenge where they must make a dish featuring Tom's favorite ingredient - mushrooms.

7Feeding the Frontlines (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Feeding the Frontlines

13 May 2021$2.99

The winner of the first part of Last Chance Kitchen rejoins the competition just in time for their "second chance" Quickfire Challenge where the Chefs are tasked with redoing a past failed dish for guest judge Melissa King.

8Restaurant Wars (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Restaurant Wars

20 May 2021$2.99

With the top eight chefs remaining, it's time for the perennial favorite - Restaurant Wars. This year, the chefs are split into teams and tasked with creating a Chef's Table restaurant concept where they will serve a seven course high-end tasting menu to the judges and All-Star panel.

9Portland-ia (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Portland-ia

27 May 2021$2.99

For this week's Quickfire Challenge, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein from the hit comedy series "Portlandia" task the chefs with creating a dish using hipster ingredients using only old vintage appliances and equipment.

10Tournament of Tofu (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Tournament of Tofu

03 June 2021$2.99

Tom, Gail and Richard Blais join Padma for the Quickfire Challenge where the chefs must go head-to-head to satisfy the judges' cravings with a dish featuring Chipotle's 53 real ingredients.

11Blind Ambitions (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Blind Ambitions

10 June 2021$2.99

This week's Quickfire Challenge takes inspiration from "Top Chef" France's infamous Black Box challenge. In teams of two, the chefs each take a turn entering the box where they blindly taste a dish created by guest judge Gabriel Rucker and then must try to recreate it.

12The Cheesier the Better (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

The Cheesier the Better

17 June 2021$2.99

As the final four chefs near the end of their journey in Portland, Padma is joined by Vitaly Paley and Gregory Gourdet to introduce an old school Quickfire Challenge paying homage to the Oregon Trail.

13Shellfishly Delicious (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

Shellfishly Delicious

24 June 2021$2.99

The remaining chefs get an early wake-up call from Padma to go meet guest judge Brooke Williamson and dig for clams for their Quickfire Challenge.

14The Next Top Chef Is... (Top Chef) recap, spoilers

The Next Top Chef Is...

01 July 2021$2.99

After 13 grueling weeks of competition, the chefs must create the best four-course meal of their lives for their final challenge at Willamette Valley Vineyards.

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Top Chef, Season 18 Spoilers

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Has Top Chef, Season 18 been confirmed? Will there be a top chef, season 18?
The countdown to Top Chef [2021] Season 18 Episode 1 begins. An all-new episode of Top Chef is soon going to be released.

Top Chef, Season 18 start date: When does top chef, season 18 come back?
Top Chef, Season 18 will air on Thursday 1st of April 2021.

How many episodes will be in top chef, season 18?
With the season now airing in April 2021. There will be 14 episodes in season 18.

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